How we got our boys!

[May333]

With my first two boys (unplanned) I was eating out a lot, high calories, lots of sodium, regular soda, caffeine, lots of red meat, lots of sweets, sex varies from each boy... Both my boys were conceived on ovulation, I knew right away I cold be pregnant because back then I only knew it was around 14 days since my period... With boy 3 I took vitex, my cycles were super short and my calendar made no sense at all, it looks like I got pregnant right after my period!. I was juicing consistently, eating way healthier, lots of protein, lots of working out, still a lot of red meat, coffee, beer, lots of ewcm.

[WISHING4AGIRL]

Thought I would add mine (no swaying involved)

My diet was very boy friendly! I'd eat breakfast everyday without fail...this would consist of very buttery toast or cereal of some kind. Loved my tea & coffee, snacked quite a bit, meat eater, eggs, salads (with lots of dressing & tomatoes), potatoes, bananas, garlic, onion, Thai green curry, takeaways, avocado, cheese, tuna etc. Love salty/starchy foods.

I'd very rarely drink fizzy drinks, don't really like them. I hardly drink water - which is bad.

I took folic acid before TTC
Had multiple attempts
Didn't use OPK
Didn't jump & dump
Big O Both times
Had EWCM
Had pillow under my bum & did cycling legs.

Husband and I are both non-smokers, rarely drink alcohol. Didn't exercise, but wasn't over weight! Husband is a tea drink too with two sugars!!

Hope this helps any of you. Good luck!

[TaniaLl]

Just wanted to add my two cents! I had no idea how much I was swaying boy at the time, but here it goes! I started taking prenatals about a month before, and ate 3 full meals a day, snacking in between. Was gaining some weight.... had heard it was good to get pregnant. Ate lots of protein, worked out 4 times a week. Had myself some muscle (all gone now!!). DTD everyday too. Hope this helps!!

[True Blue]

A quick and I'm sure silly question on protein/carbs.

Do we need to balance the protein and carbs every snack & meal
or
Do we just need to eat protein and carbs every snack & meal

Sorry, sometimes I wonder at my own stupidity and the silly questions !!

[atomic sagebrush]

For blue, you need to just eat SOME protein and carbs at every meal. Some foods like nuts already have some of both and are a good snack. Others, like meat and eggs, are mostly protein and so you need to squeeze some carbs in. Some foods are all carbs and you need to at least try to sneak in a bit of protein (I don't start counting it till it's over 3 g per serving) IF you are in a situation where you can only have just carbs, that isn't a dealbreaker, just try to eat again pretty soon after the last time you ate so you avoid having a blood sugar crash.

It doesn't take much protein to counterbalance the carbs, and it takes even less carbs to balance he protein. If you eat both, even if it's just a little bit, it's all good and yoru blood sugar will stay stable longer after eating.

[True Blue]

Thanks Atomic

I asked here so as not to plague you with more questions lol it was still you who answered

[atomic sagebrush]

I try to answer all relevant questions when I come across them!

[Beau82]

I have four boys so I'll add what I can think of. I always eat breakfast, always. Usually a bowl of cereal or whole wheat toast with gobs of all natural (no sugar added) peanut butter and butter. Not too big on red meat but I love bbq'd burgers and steak in the summer (two of my boys were conceived in summer). I'm huge on salt. Add it to everything and my favourite snack is a bag of chips/crisps or salty, buttery popcorn. I don't exercise consistently. I drink lots of water, never coffee, Pepsi rarely. When we conceived, we DTD daily around ovulation, I always stayed lying down afterwards and DH always ejaculated deep.
DH drinks a lot of coffee, 2-3 large cups/day. He doesn't work out but is physically fit, not overweight.

Hmm that's all I can think of for now. Please take my blue dust :-)

[ksmom]

I have two boys and ate pretty much the same before getting pregnant with both of them. I almost always ate breakfast. Sometimes I didn't eat much but it was always something, such as cereal, yogurt with granola, oatmeal, eggs, or waffles. I remember eating a lot of almond meal waffles before getting pregnant with DS2 which are PACKED with protein---about 42g (if anyone wants the recipe, please let me know!). For lunch, I ate a lot of grilled chicken salad, fried egg sandwiches, and lunchmeat sandwiches and chips. For dinner, it was almost always meat like chicken or beef, a vegetable, and either rice or potatoes. I often had dessert too. I also had to snack a lot during the day because I have gastroparesis so while I get full easily, I get hungry more quickly. Eating several small meals a day was also what I had to do because I have GERD. I was not exercising when I got pregnant with my boys although I had lost about ten pounds a few months prior to getting pregnant with DS2. I was underweight when I got pregnant with DS2 and a healthy weight with DS1. I also religiously took my prenatal vitamins for a year before getting pg with DS1 and with DS2, I was not taking prenatals but I was taking folic acid, vitamin D, vitamin b12, vitamin b6, and cod liver oil. I also ate lots of healthy fats like avocado, olive oil, and nuts. I should note I ate gluten free (still do) because of Celiac disease. I also ate a lot of dairy, especially milk, sour cream, and cheese.

Oh, I should also mention I gave up caffeine before conceiving DS1, but with DS2 I was drinking a cup of coffee a day. We also used preseed both times we conceived and DTD multiple times around ovulation. DH took l-carnitine both times as well as a multivitamin. He was also exercising regularly (lots of cardio and lifting weights).

HTH!! Lots of blue dust to you ladies hoping to hear blue!!!!

[WednesdaysGirl]

I have two little boys. Always ate breakfast (usually oatmeal or muesli) always snacked every couple of hours- chocolate, cookies, crackers. I don't eat meat but plenty of healthy things like avocado, humous, beans, nuts. Always had lots of EWCM. Always took prenatal vitamins and others as well. No exercise, normal weight.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the 'How we got our girls thread'

Good luck!